tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11760886.post6296822694656480136..comments2024-02-29T15:52:40.963-05:00Comments on chantblog: Lauds, Mattins, and Vespers Hymns, Ash Wednesday - Lent 3blshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627725321531151309noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11760886.post-76176469518719439652022-10-22T17:05:31.812-04:002022-10-22T17:05:31.812-04:00Thanks, stpetric. This one still has too many line...Thanks, stpetric. This one still has too many lines, though. Looking for words in 4-line stanzas in 8-8-8-8 meter. Still haven't found it! blsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11760886.post-86293224341079328692022-08-20T13:25:40.179-04:002022-08-20T13:25:40.179-04:00Words: Attributed to Gregory I (540–604) (Sum...Words: Attributed to Gregory I (540–604) (Summi largitor praemii). Translated from Latin to English by John W. Hewett, Verses by a Country Curate, 1859.<br /><br />O Thou who dost to man accord<br />His highest prize, his best reward,<br />Thou hope of all our race;<br />Jesu, to Thee we now draw near,<br />Our earnest supplications hear,<br />Who humbly seek Thy face.<br /><br />With self accusing voice within,<br />Our conscience tells of many a sin<br />In thought, and word, and deed:<br />O cleanse that conscience from all stain,<br />The penitent restore again,<br />From every burthen freed.<br /><br />If Thou reject us, who shall give<br />Our fainting spirits strength to live?<br />’Tis Thine alone to spare;<br />With cleansèd hearts to pray aright,<br />And find acceptance in Thy sight,<br />Be this our lowly prayer.<br /><br />’This Thou has blest this solemn fast;<br />So may its days by us be passed<br />In self control severe,<br />That, when our Easter morn we hail<br />Its mystic feast we may not fail<br />To keep with conscience clear.<br /><br />O blessèd Trinity, bestow<br />Thy pardoning grace on us below,<br />And shield us evermore;<br />Until, within Thy courts above,<br />We see Thy face, and sing Thy love,<br />And with Thy saints adore.<br /><br />http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/o/t/w/d/otwd2mac.htmstpetrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961792423937962991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11760886.post-14022549795869404772009-02-24T19:46:00.000-05:002009-02-24T19:46:00.000-05:00Thanks. It's fixed now.Thanks. It's fixed now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11760886.post-60517434946308331572008-02-14T06:51:00.000-05:002008-02-14T06:51:00.000-05:00re 'et more docti mystico' sadly the link is broke...re 'et more docti mystico' sadly the link is broken and I need to be reminded of the chant for matins at this time of year!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12702052390720406499noreply@blogger.com